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Intelligence involves what 3 components? |
1. ability to learn fr experience 2. ability to apply knowledge to solve problems 3. ability to adapt to new situations |
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Who is Charles Spearman? |
- 1st person who tried to show statistically, that ppl who do well on 1 intelligence test, did better than avg on other tests as well. *wide range of intell. abilities correlated w/ ea. other *concluded that there is just 1 overarching ability called "general-intelligence" (g-factor) |
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Who is Thurstone? |
-found out that there were some tasks/abilities that were high correlated, while others had a weaker correlation w/ ea. other. - through factor analysis & based on intelligence tests, he stated the "components of intelligence" |
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What are the 7 Components of Intelligence accrd to Thurstone? |
1. reasoning- logical thought 2. numerical ability- ability to deal w/ #'s 3. memory- ability to learn, retain, and remember things 4. perceptual speed- quickness in perceiving visual details, anomalies, similarities. 5. spatial visualization- mental ability to manipulate 2&3D images. 6. verbal comprehension- understand spoken/written language 7. verbal fluency |
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What was the conclusion of both Thurstone and Spearmans concepts? |
intelligence is a combination of both concepts- its a general mental ability which is made up of a set of mental abilities. |
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Who came up with the Theory of Multiple Intelligences and what was his argument? |
Howard Gardner -the concept of intelligence shouldnt be based on intell. tests -the abilities identified by Thurstone are too narrow |
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What does the Theory of Multiple Intelligences propose? |
There are 8 components instead of 7: 1. logical-mathematical 2. spatial 3. linguistic 4. musical-independent 5. bodily-kinaesthetic 6. intrapersonal 7. interpersonal 8. natural |
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What were some of the mainstream citicisms that T.M.I received? |
- speculative, lack of empirical support - confusing concept of intelligence w/ talents & abilities |
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What does IQ stand for and what is the IQ equation for children? |
IQ= intelligence quotient IQ = ma (mental age)/ ca (chrono age) x 100 |
